Daughter of Charles Decimus Barraud (6th child). Known as Cottie. Attended Terrace School, Wellington, 1874-1875. Wrote journal of family trip to England in 1876. Buried in family plot in Bolton Street Cemetery, Wellington
Barraud, Laura Cottam, 1859-1935
Chapman, Ernest Arthur, 1847-1930? :The Yarra at Toorak [ca 1905]
Date: 1900 - 1910
By: Chapman, Ernest Arthur, 1847-1933; Blundell, John Barraud, 1904-1975
Reference: A-132-002
Description: Looking up the winding Yarra River with bush on all sides Sent as a Christmas card to Laura Cottam Barraud. Inscribed on verso 'For dear Cottie with Edie's love' Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on card, 101 x 139 mm Provenance: Donation: Mr Barry Blundell, Wellington, 1 November 1956
[Barraud, Charles Decimus] 1822-1897 :Blenheim. 1878
Date: 1878
By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926; Barraud, Laura Cottam, 1859-1935
Reference: A-084-016
Description: Watercolour sketch showing a country road with a group of houses at right, and mountains behind. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour 185 x 277 mm
Barraud, Laura Cottam, 1859-1935 : Diary / transcribed by Marsha Donaldson
Date: Sep 1877-Dec 1879
From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection
By: Barraud, Laura Cottam, 1859-1935
Reference: MS-Papers-7767
Description: Barraud records part of the return voyage to Wellington with her family on the `Zealandia', 12 Sep-26 Oct 1877, ending with two weeks quarantine on Somes Island after a smallpox outbreak. From Apr-Dec 1879 Laura resumed her diary describing family and social life in Wellington. Daughter of the artist Charles Barraud. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (22 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript
Barraud family : Papers
Date: 1852-1921
By: Barraud family
Reference: MS-Papers-0089
Description: Journals of Laura Cottam Barraud and Frank (William Francis) Barraud, mostly relating to social life in England and Wellington, political developments in Wellington, and service with the Volunteers, 1870-1873; also Laura's trip to New Zealand in 1876 on the Zealandia. Other material includes private correspondence mostly to Laura and Frank Barraud, 1852-1921; legal documents, accounts, genealogies and personal miscellanea; and four albums and scrapbooks including newspaper clippings Quantity: 19 folder(s). 0.30 Linear Metres. Finding Aids: Inventory available.
[Barraud, Charles Decimus] 1822-1897 :Blackies' [?] Horokiwi Valley
Date: 18 December 1861
By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Barraud, Laura Cottam, 1859-1935; Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926
Reference: A-029-016
Description: Shows country road, with tree stumps to right, and a cottage to the left. This is in what is now known as the Horokiri Valley - see F S Simcox's "Otaki" (1952) which quotes diary of W H Simcox in February 1863: "To see something of the west coast...he left Wellington at 10 a.m. ...They had dinner at Blackie's, Horokiwi, 27 miles from Wellington, and stayed the night at Waikanae". Other Titles - Blackey's Horokiri Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash sketch 190 x 310 mm
[Barraud, Charles Decimus] 1822-1897 :[A bend in a gorge. ca 1870?]
By: Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897; Barraud, William Francis, 1850-1926; Barraud, Laura Cottam, 1859-1935
Reference: B-006-023
Description: Shows a narrow dirt road disappearing around a bank through a gorge. On verso of B-006-024. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 251 x 352 mm
Memorials - Surnames Ban-Bar
From: Alington, Margaret Hilda, 1920-2012 : Bolton Street Cemetery transcripts, notes and papers / compiled by Margaret Alington and others
Reference: MS-Papers-2260-005
Correspondence (Bal-Bar)
Date: 1920-1934
From: Alexander Turnbull Library (Wellington) : Correspondence files
Reference: MS-Papers-0181-008
Description: Names of identifiable correspondents entered in Name Field Also: Public Library, Bangalore, India (1922); Mrs F Banks of Christchurch (1923); Mrs F H Barker of Marton (1924); Hubert R Barry of Sydney (1925); George G Harrap & Company Ltd of Sydney (1931); John S Barwell (1921). Quantity: 1 folder(s).
School reports of Laura Barraud
Date: 1874-1875
From: Terrace School (Wellington) : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-0215-2
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Barraud family : Letters
Date: 1875-1885
By: Barraud family
Reference: MS-Papers-11151
Description: Collection comprises 29 family letters. Includes correspondence from Jessie Sarah Barraud and her mother Sarah Maria Barraud to Charles (Charlie) Lewis Barraud, 1875-1877. These four letters were written from London as Laura Cottam and Jessie travelled with their parents on a two year trip of England which ended 1877. These letters detail relatives visited and places travelled to. Also correspondence from Jessie to her sister Laura (Cottie), 1879-1885. These letters are written by Jessie primarily from her family home `Fernglen' in Wellington. Letters detail life in the Barraud household, family business, social events in Wellington and local trips around New Zealand. Source of title - Supplied by Library Charles D Barraud was an artist and chemist. Arrived with his wife Sarah in Wellington on 20 August 1849. The couple had nine children including Laura Cottam and Jessie Sarah who were the youngest of the three daughters. In 1875 Sarah accompanied Charles, Laura and Jessie, on a trip to England. This trip enabled the Barrauds to meet with family again and to take the girls sightseeing around London. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss
Chapman, Ernest Arthur, 1847-1930? :The Red Bluff, Sandringham, Victoria 1911
Date: 1911
By: Chapman, Ernest Arthur, 1847-1933; Blundell, John Barraud, 1904-1975
Reference: A-132-005
Description: Coastal view, looking along a cliff with trees to the left, sea to the right. Painted on a postcard. Possibly a Christmas card, sent to Laura Cottam Barraud Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - E.A.C. 1911. Title inscribed on verso Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on card, 114 x 152 mm
Barraud, Laura Cottam, 1859-1935 : Diary / transcribed by Marsha Donaldson (electronic ...
Date: Sep 1877-Dec 1879
From: Donaldson, Marsha Penelope, 1945-: Collection
By: Barraud, Laura Cottam, 1859-1935
Reference: MSDL-1277
Description: Barraud records part of the return voyage to Wellington with her family on the `Zealandia', 12 Sep-26 Oct 1877, ending with two weeks quarantine on Somes Island after a smallpox outbreak. From Apr-Dec 1879 Laura resumed her diary describing family and social life in Wellington. Part of SBDD project Daughter of the artist Charles Barraud. Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s).
Laura Cottam Barraud - Travel diaries
Date: 1876, 1879
From: Barraud family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0089-03
Description: Includes her diary of a family visit to London and Paris, Apr-Nov 1876. She also records part of the return journey to Wellington on the `Zealandia', 12 Sep-26 Oct 1877, ending with two weeks quarantine on Somes Island after a smallpox outbreak. From Apr-Dec 1879 Laura resumed her diary describing family and social life in Wellington Part of SBDD project Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 pieces). Physical Description: Holograph
Chapman, Ernest Arthur, 1847-1930? :Lake McKerow from the Head 1924
Date: 1924
By: Chapman, Ernest Arthur, 1847-1933; Blundell, John Barraud, 1904-1975
Reference: A-132-006
Description: View past tall trees in the left foreground looking along the lake with mountains to the right. A sunrise or sunset scene. Other Titles - Lake McKerrow Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - signature and date in red ink. On verso [title, date and signature and] 'Cottie with Christmas greetings' Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 114 x 165 mm